Open AccessNotes on Araceae in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
Author(s) -
H. Zulhazman,
Muhamad Azahar Abas,
M Z Norhazlini,
S Norzielawati,
Peter C. Boyce
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/842/1/012076
Subject(s) - araceae , geography , biology , botany , rainforest , ecology
Araceae is recognized as keladi hutan or ubi keladi to the local community in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to provide an update checklist and description on ecology of Araceae in Lojing Highlands, Gua Musang, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia. The survey was applied the random sampling technique. The result shows that a total of 25 species from 15 genera of Araceae were revealed from the area. This figure constitutes about 17.9% out of 140 species and 53.6% of the 28 genera of Araceae documented in Peninsular Malaysia. Most of them, 23 species or 92.0% are common in tropical rainforest. However, two species which considered as rare, these are Alocasia inornata Hallier f and Arisaema anomalum Hemsl.